The Essential Collection

~ Release by Louis Jordan (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1▼CD
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1Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
recording of:
Choo Choo Ch’Boogie
writer:
Denver Darling, Milt Gabler and Vaughn Horton
publisher:
Rytvoc and Warner/Chappell
2:47
2Somebody Done Changed the Lock on That Door
recording of:
Somebody Done Changed the Lock on My Door
lyricist and composer:
Casey Bill Weldon
publisher:
Universal/MCA Music Ltd.
3:17
3Salt Pork, West Virginia
recording of:
Salt Pork, West Virginia
writer:
Fleecie Moore and William J. Tennyson, Jr.
3:02
4Open the Door, Richard
recording of:
Open the Door, Richard (1946 song)
lyricist:
Dan Howell and John Mason
composer:
Jack McVea
3:04
5Run Joe
3:24
6Small Town Boy
recording of:
Small Town Boy
writer:
Dallas Bartley and Louis Jordan
2:52
7The Green Grass Grows All Around
2:56
8Early in the Mornin'
3:25
9Don't Burn the Candle at Both Ends
recording of:
Don't Burn the Candle at Both Ends
writer:
Benny Carter, Irving Gordon and Louis Jordan
2:46
10Boogie Woogie Blue Plate
2:49
11Beware!
recording of:
Beware Brother Beware
writer:
Dick Adams, Morry Lasco and Fleecie Moore
2:54
12Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'
recording of:
Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Cryin’
lyricist and composer:
Joe Greene
publisher:
Northern Music and Universal Music Corp.
3:02
13Texas and Pacific
3:08
14It's a Low-Down, Dirty Shame
recording of:
It's a Low-Down Dirty Shame
lyricist and composer:
Ollie Shepard
2:48
15Why'd You Do It, Baby?
recording of:
Why'd You Do It, Baby?
writer:
Jeff Dane and Ben Lorre
3:22
16Pettin' and Pokin'
2:35
17Daddy-O
recording of:
Daddy-O
lyricist and composer:
Gene de Paul and Don Raye
3:18
18The Chicks I Pick Are Slender, Tender and Tall
2:28
19We Can't Agree
2:55
20Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?
recording of:
Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby?
writer:
Bill Austin (in 1944) and Louis Jordan (in 1944)
publisher:
Universal‐MCA Music Publishing
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
2:45
21Flat Face
2:44
22My Baby Said 'Yes"
2:56
23You're on the Right Track, Baby
recording of:
You're on the Right Track, Baby
writer:
Benny Carter and Irving Gordon
3:05
24Barnyard Boogie
recording of:
Barnyard Boogie
writer:
Wilhelmina Gray and Louis Jordan
2:49
25How Long Must I Wait for You?
2:40
26Stone Cold Dead in de Market
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald
orchestra:
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
cover recording of:
Stone Cold Dead in the Market (He Had It Coming)
lyricist and composer:
Houdini
2:41
2▼CD
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1Ain't That Just Like a Woman?
2:53
2Look Out!
2:59
3It's So Easy
recording of:
It's So Easy
writer:
Allan Roberts and Doris Fisher
2:54
4How 'Bout That?
2:57
5Five Guys Named Moe
3:01
6Reconversion Blues
2:25
7A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But a Bird
recording of:
A Chicken Ain’t Nothing but a Bird
lyricist and composer:
Emmett “Babe” Wallace
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc.
2:37
8I Know You (I Know What You Wanna Do)
recording of:
I Know You (I Know What You Wanna Do)
lyricist and composer:
Louis Jordan
2:33
9Your Socks Don't Match
vocals:
Bing Crosby (on 1945-01-19) and Louis Jordan (on 1945-01-19)
orchestra:
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (on 1945-01-19)
conductor:
Louis Jordan (on 1945-01-19)
recording of:
Your Socks Don't Match (on 1945-01-19)
lyricist:
Leo Corday
composer:
Leon Carr
recording of:
Your Socks Don't Match (in 1945)
lyricist:
Leo Corday
composer:
Leon Carr
3:00
10Let the Good Times Roll
2:53
11I Know What You're Puttin' Down
recording of:
I Know What You’re Puttin’ Down
writer:
Bud Allen and Louis Jordan
publisher:
Cherio Corp.
3:10
12Sam Jones Done Snagged His Britches
2:43
13Swingin' in the Coconut Trees
2:46
14Keep A-Knockin'
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Louis Jordan (on 1939-03-29)
double bass:
Charlie Drayton (on 1938-03-29)
drums (drum set):
Walter Martin (on 1939-03-29)
piano:
Clarence Johnson (on 1939-03-29)
tenor saxophone:
Lemuel Johnson (on 1939-03-29)
trumpet:
Courtney Williams (on 1939-03-29)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (on 1939-03-29)
recording of:
Keep A‐Knockin’ (but You Can’t Come In) (Louis Jordan’s version) (on 1939-03-29)
lyricist and composer:
John Henry ‘Perry’ Bradford and Bert M. Mays
arranger:
Louis Jordan
version of:
You Can't Come In
2:35
15Deacon Jones
2:58
16Doug the Jitterbug
2:33
17At the Swing Cat's Ball
2:31
18That Chick's Too Young to Fry
recording of:
That Chick's Too Young to Fry
writer:
Tommy Edwards and Jimmy Hilliard
2:26
19G.I. Jive
recording of:
G.I. Jive (on 1944-03-15)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Mercer
publisher:
WC Music Corp.
3:01
20Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule
recording of:
Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule
writer:
Wild Bill Davis, Duke Groaner, Fleecie Moore and Charlie Stewart
2:31
21Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens
recording of:
Ain’t Nobody Here but Us Chickens
writer:
Alex Kramer and Joan Whitney
3:09
22Jack, You're Dead
2:37
23I Like 'Em Fat Like That
recording of:
I Like 'em Fat Like That
writer:
Claude Demetrius, Louis Jordan and J. Mayo ‘Ink’ Williams
2:38
24All for the Love of Lil
2:55
25Petootie Pie
recording of:
Petootie Pie
writer:
Raymond Leveen, Lorenzo Pack and Frank Paparelli
2:37

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ASIN:US: B000N4SM5S [info]